Women&#39;s garter suspender



June 19, 1956 P. BLATT WOMENS GARTER SUSFENDER Filed May 10, 1954 INVENTOR. 24044 5442-;-

flrraawsys United States Patent WOMENS GARTER SUSPENDER Paula Blatt, Cleveland, Ohio Application May 10, 1954, Serial No. 428,746

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-3D5) This invention relates to the general art of womens wearing apparel and, more particularly, is for what might be termed a garter suspender. The present form of device is an improvement upon my own U. S. Letters Patent No. 2,477,828, August 2, 1949, which was issued to me under my former name Pauline E. Rosenblatt.

The object of my present invention is to provide a suspender form of device which has improved means for attachment of the garters thereto so as to extend therefrom along the thighs of the wearers body in a most efficient and comfortable manner and which also is most co-operative in affording an engagement with the sacroiliac region of the wearer in such manner as to ensure a feeling of security and comfort upon the part of the wearer.

Another object of this invention is to provide such a device, as above referred to, in which the garters will extend in such directions therefrom as to ensure most effective and comfortable and dependable supporting engagement with the stockings of the wearer and to preclude twisting of the stockings while this garment occupies its intended position upon the body of the wearer.

Another object is to device an improved means of adjustment for varying the length of the suspender straps according to the size of the particular wearer of this garment.

Other objects will appear from the following description and claim when considered together with the accompanying drawing.

Fig. l is a rear perspective view illustrating the present garment upon the body of the wearer;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the garment itself;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view illustrating my improved adjustable fastening means for the shoulder straps.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing in detail, the body part 1 is of approximately trapezoidal form and is made of comparatively heavy elastic fabric with stretch in only the vertical direction. The side edges 1a and 1b and the bottom edge 1c of the body part 1 may be given an inwardly curved outline as indicated in the drawing. The body part 1 is adapted to engage the region of the small of the back of the wearer including especially the sacroiliac region and is adapted to have snug engagement with the wearers body so as to afford maximum support.

The lower side portions 1d and 1e of the body part I extend angularly downwardly and forwardly in narrow substantially rectangular form so as to be adapted for snug engagement about the hips of the wearers body and to terminate at approximately the middle of the hip regions of the wearer when in position upon her body. The edges 1 and 1g of the portions 1d and 1e are of squared form and make substantially right angles with the adjacent edges of the body part 1. When this garment is in position upon the body of the wearer, the end edges 1 and 1g extend at approximately 45 degrees to the vertical middle lines at the sides of the hips of the wearer and occupy position at the sides of the hips of the wearer. Accordingly, the forward and rearward corners at the ends of the 2,750,597 Patented June 19, 1956 edges 1 and 1g are in each case located just forwardly and rearwardly, respectively, of the vertical middle lines of the wearers thighs when the garment is in position upon her body. 7

The longitudinally elastic straps 2 and 3 are attached at their one ends to the upper corners of the body part 1 and extend therefrom at approximately ninety degrees while the other ends of the straps 2 and 3 are connected to the side edges 1a and 1b, respectively, of the body part 1 at points substantially above the lower ends thereof so as to co-operate with the upper parts of the straps 2 and 3 in maintaining the body part 1 in firm engagement against and about the sacroiliac region of the body of the wearer. The straps 2 and 3 are adapted to extend over the shoulders of the wearer in the nature of suspenders and the attachment of the lower ends of the straps 2 and 3 at such points serves to reduce the danger of the straps slipping .down ofi of the shoulders of the wearer.

As a means of adjusting the length of the straps 2 and 3, I have adopted for each of them an old form of fastener member, as indicated by reference numerals 4 and 5, each of which has a closed eye portion 6 and a hook portion 7 extending parallel to the sides of the eye portion 6. These fasteners are mounted in the same manner; for instance, the strap 2 has its one end threaded through the eye portion 6 from the under-side thereof, thence extends over the other side of the eye portion and out through the space between the eye portion 6 and the hook portion 7. This end portion is then extended through one of the rings 8 or 9 attached to the body part 1 and is doubled back upon itself and has its looped end 10 or 11 engaged with the hook portion 7. With this arrangement, the effective length of each strap 2 or 3 may be varied by making suitable slidable adjustment of the fastener member 4 or 5 along its strap in one direction or the other so as to either lengthen or shorten the looped part of the strap; and the present arrangement affords a simple manner of assembling these parts. In order to effect assembly, the plain end of each of the straps 2 and 3 may be extended through its eye or loop 8 or 9 and then extended through the eye of the fastener member 4 or 5 prior to attachment of the plain end of the strap to the body part 1.

One of the garters of each pair, that is garters 13 and 14, are attached to and extend at approximately right angle to the lower edge 10 and at the corners thereof so as to extend along substantially straight lines along the rear parts of the wearers thighs; while the other garter of each pair, that is garters 12 and 15, are attached to the inclined edges 1] and 1g, respectively, at the forward corners thereof and at ninety degrees thereto so as to extend along substantially straight lines at the front parts of the wearers thighs. Both garters of each pair extend in substantially straight lines and without any twisting and their tension upon the stockings is along substantially straight lines so as not to twist the stockings. Thus the manner of engagement of the garters with the stockings is productive of extreme comfort and efiiciency. Also the garters are attached to and extend from the body part 1 in such manner as to urge the portions 1d and 1e forwardly and downwardly about the hips of the wearer and to thereby co-operate in further ensuring engagement of the body part 1 upon the sacroiliac region of the wearers body in a most efficient manner.

Not only is the weight of this garment carried by the shoulders of the wearer, but also the garters are attached to the portions 1d and 1e in such manner that the tension thereof will be along lines approximately equally forwardly and rearwardly of the points of shoulder support of the straps 2 and 3 so as to thereby avoid a downward pull upon the shoulders either entirely forwardly or entirely rearwardly thereof and, as a result, to ensure a good back support and to contribute to an improved posture of the wearers body as well as increased comfort and a sense of security upon the part of the wearer.

Furthermore, by having the lower ends of the straps 2 and 3 connected to the body part 1 at points substantially above the lower ends of the side edges 1a and 112, there will be a sufi'icient forward exertion of force for an effective and dependable engagement of the body part 1 against and about the sacroiliac region of the wearers body, in co-operation with the supporting effect of the straps 2 and 3 from the shoulders of the wearer.

What I claim is:

A maternity back support and garter suspender comprising a vertically elastic back-engaging member of heavy material of substantially trapezoidal shape adapted to occupy a position across the lower part of the back of the wearers body and having its opposite lower side portions extended angularly downwardly and forwardly in narrow substantially rectangular three-sided form with squared end edges and corners so as to be adapted for engagement about the hips of the wearers body and to terminate at approximately the vertical side middle lines of the hip regions of the wearer when in position upon her body, the squared end edge of each of said side extensions being adapted to extend downwardly and rearwardly at approximately 45 degrees when in position upon the body of the wearer and having one of a pair of garters attached at its upper end to and extending substantially at right angle to the end edge and at the forward corner thereof so as to extend along a substantially straight line along the front portion of the wearers thigh, and the other of a pair of garters attached at its upper end to and extending at substantially right angle to the lower edge or" said bacloengaging member at the rearward corner thereof with said end edge so as to extend along a substantially straight line at the rear portion of the wearers thigh, whereby the garters of each pair are adapted to extend at substantially right angle to each other at their points of attachment when in position upon the body of the wearer and in substantially straight lines along the forward and rearward parts of the wearers thigh, respectively, so as to thereby co-operate in firmly maintaining said back-engaging member in its intended position for effective back-support, and an elastic shoulder strap extending upwardly from each upper corner of said backengaging member and being attached in each instance at its other end to the side edge of said back-engaging memher, the lower end of each of said shoulder straps being connected to said back-engaging member at a point substantially above the lower end or" said side extension so as to co-operate in maintaining said back-engaging member in firm engagement with the sacroiliac region of the body of the wearer and so as to reduce the danger of said straps slipping down off of the shoulders of the wearer, the lines of force exerted by the garters of each stocking when in operative position being forwardly and rearwardly of the points of supporting engagement of said straps upon the shoulders so as to provide eflicient suspension from the shoulders of the wearer and to thereby contribute to proper posture of the body of the wearer.

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